Chinatowns are located in three cities in Japan: Yokohama, Kobe, and Nagasaki. Among them, Yokohama Chinatown is the largest Chinatown in Japan. People from all over China made this city, and alleys bearing place names such as Shanghai Road, Zhongshan Road, and Fujian Road intersect.

With more than 500 stores in an area of about 0.2 square kilometers, it is the largest Chinatown in East Asia. When Yokohama opened in 1859, a foreign settlement was created, and one of them was the prototype of the present Chinatown. It is said that Chinese noodle stalls began to appear in 1872.

In 1955, a large gate was built at the entrance of Chinatown Boulevard and it was written as ”Chuuka-gai” or “Chinatown”, and this town gradually became known as “Chuuka-gai”. There is nothing better than this city to taste authentic Chinese food from all over China. You can feel the liveliness of people who came to Japan from China in an instant just by walking in this city. At the same time, it is one of the places that deserves to be called “this is Yokohama”.

I like “eating walk” to enjoy walking in Yokohama Chinatown. There are so many Chinese restaurants in this city. You can sit down and enjoy authentic Chinese food in earnest, but it’s also fun to buy as much as you can with one hand at a take-out restaurant or a food stall and eat it while walking around the city. Such foods include, for example, pork buns, Peking duck, rice dumplings, and sesame dumplings. Oh, I can’t help eating chestnuts from a warm paper bag in the palm of my hand. The real pleasure of walking in Chinatown is to walk with your eyes, nose and tummy happy.